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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



March 23, 1911. 



ROSES 



RICHMOND 



KILLARNEY 



MARYLAND 



Large quantities^ are coming in every day of well grown ytoek. We feel sure you will be satisfied 

 with our Koses. The best grade 24-80 inches long, the medium or the short. You will consider all grades 

 (Hiually good value at our prices. Mention your price and let us send you a sample shipment. 



SNAPDRAGON— desirable colors. $1.50 per dozen stalks. 



VALLEY— SiM'cial. $4.00 per 100; Fancy, $8.00 per 100. We can (piote you an attractive price 

 in <iuantities. 



EASTER LILIES— hi pots. Khie i)lants. lS-80 inches high; 8-H flowers to a plant. Write for 

 prices. 



The Leo Niessen Co. 



Wholesale Florists 



1209 Arch St. :: Philadelphia 



Open from 7 a. m. to 8 p. m. 



Mention Tbe Review when you write. 



I'tc, and will be sold through the florists 

 and seedsmen. 



Visitors: S. I). Dysiuger, of Holm & 

 Olson, St. Paul, on his way to Tjockport, 

 \. Y., called by the illness of his mother; 

 F. Stuppy, St. Joseph, Mo.; Sam Murray, 

 Kansas City ; V. W. Creighton, represent- 

 ing Arthur T. Boddington, New York. 



Bowling. 



A ]iarty of twenty, bowlers and rooters, 

 went to Milwaukee Mareh IS) and had a 

 splendid time. The hosts gave them an 

 automobile ride, a dinner, a supper, and 

 rame Ldose to giving them a beating on 

 the allaj's, the total pins being 4,.51G to 

 4,.j01 in favor of Chicago. The scores 

 are in the Milwaukee column on another 

 page. 



in the league games 



The scores made 



March 15 were: 



Carnations. 1st 2(1 .'id 



Ayers 148 149 192 



Schlossinau 127 ICA) lis 



rjoerlsch . ..12G l.SO 121 



Schlltz i:{5 l.'>9 177 



Zccli 177 211! 171 



Totals 713 811 779 



Violets. 1st 2<i .'((i 



Wciizcl . ..l.il 109 l.-.'.l 



.Scliunem.'iu ISl 99 102 



Krlodmau 

 ■Sussow . 

 I.olirninn 



.157 1,17 194 

 .114 i:i(! 1(»; 

 .134 172 14.- 



Kiises. 1st 2d 3d 



Wolf 156 103 153 



StciKini.si ..114 140 134 



Kntzui — 1;{() i:«i i;{2 



Byers 147 144 l.{5 



FiscbtT Uil 170 175 



Totals 708 753 729 



<li(-liids. 1st 2d .3d 



iluctiiu-r . . .LSI i:{3 1.". 



Farley 22(> 17(> 172 



«;raff it>4 ].">3 im 



Dejrnan . . .124 147 1.32 



Zech 188 120 102 



'iota Is. . . .007 07.3 70:! 



Tntills. 



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PHILADELPHIA. 



The Bising Eastern Market. 



The tone of the cut Hower market im- 

 jndved during tiie week (Midin^ Marcii L'l'. 

 Saturdiiy, Maivh IS, smv tlie best clean- 

 up since Lent hcj^an, with {^ood business 

 on some of tiie following days. The 

 weather has shown Marchy to a degree — a 

 drop in tomperatiuc to 14 degrees, a 

 snow stormlet. then balmy, spring-like 

 iiours of sunshine, followed by high wind 

 to remind one that it is not May yet. 

 The supply of flowers hits not increased 

 particularly under thes" rather adverse 

 conditions. The features of the market 

 are the continued scarcity of fancy lieau- 

 ties, the wide range in the (juality of 

 sweet peas, the retrogression of single 

 violets and the in(-reased iiiiiif)rtance of 

 southern dafl"odils. Wliite carnations ad- 

 vanced in price in anticijiation of St. 

 I'atrick 's day, an anticipation hardly jus 



SPRING FLOWERS 



ALL COLORS 



Sweet Peas — All say that ours are fine. 

 Violets — Lady Campbell and fancy singles; we know 



we have the best. 

 Daffodils Valley Tulips 



Good Freesia 

 Choice Roses Carnations Lilies 



EASTER PLANTS 



May we select your Easter stock from Philadelphia's splendid 



assortment? 



BERGER BROS. 



The most central Wholesale House in the city. 



1305 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



titled until the day after, when whites 

 were eagerlj' bought at excellent prices. 

 The whole carnation list has improved 

 under brisk demand. Easter lilies are an 

 important factor now, while callas, like 

 sweet peas, show a wide range in prices, 

 based on cjuality. Double violets are still 

 fine. Daft'odils and tulips are shortening 

 for the time being. Valley is rather 

 (|uiet. 



Our English Cousins. 



Twelve Knglish visitors of horticultural 

 distinction arrived in New York Marcli^ 

 17 on the Jjusitania. They were met liy 

 Eiebard Vincent, Jr., who brought the 

 jiarty to the Colonnade hotel in this city. 

 That evening they were entertained by 

 W. Atlee Burpee, at Kugler's. March 18 

 Mr. Burpee took the party in motors 

 through Fairmount ])ark and over the Old 

 York road. A visit to the seed house of 

 W. Atlee Burpee & Co. followed. Mr. 



WILLIAM B. LAKE 



Diatrtbutor of "Superior" 



Ribbons, Specialties 



2S35 N. 34th St. PhiMtlfhit. fa. 



Hurpee then entertained the party at 

 luncheon at the Harris Club, where they 

 were joined by Harry Bayersdorfer, 8am 

 uel y. I'ennock, Alexander B. Scott. 

 'Jeoriie C. Watson, Ho\\ard M. Earl, G. 

 W. Kerr and three others who are distin- 

 guished but not horticulturallj\ After 

 luncheon Mr. Bayersdorfer took the vis- 

 itors to the factory and warehouse of H. 

 liayersdorfer & Co., where, with the able 

 nssistance of Paul Berkowitz and Martin 

 Kcukauf, they were shown the wide range 

 of American supplies. Our English 

 cousins returned to New York for the 



